“Am I Blue?” is the name of a play I starred in a decade and a half ago. I played a thief in New Orleans. So, jazz. This morning’s…
Returning to Brooklyn, our group faced a formidable challenge when we met our host at the Brooklyn Museum who challenged us to view an unusual exhibit in an unusual way. “Infinite Blue” featured pieces from the museums' holdings, as well as one item on…
Today, I ventured into Brooklyn, NY for a second time and discovered the Brooklyn Museum. This is a place that…
Studio Museum Harlem and Community Engagement
Studio Museum Harlem has a major building renovation underway. The question arises: how to be a museum without walls? For a museum that prides itself on community outreach and inclusion, determining how to maintain that connection during a transitional period is a major priority.
Today I struggled getting around the museums and finding seating. As you all know, I currently have a severe sprain in my left ankle and it has made it difficult for me to navigate both the city and museums. Due to my current handicap, I have noticed not only the limitations placed on what…
or More Than One Thing
Today we visited the Brooklyn Museum, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. I had visited and really enjoyed the Brooklyn Museum a few times before, while the two other…
Exploring the “Infinite Blue” exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum today was one of the most different experiences I have had in a museum recently. We were asked to explore the exhibit without reading the labels, and try to figure out the story the museum…
The Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition gave us an opportunity to see the exhibition through…
Erase everything you know about a place, an object, an idea…and experience it again for…
“If you form the habit of taking what someone else says about a thing without checking it out for yourself, you’ll find that other people will have you hating your friends and loving your enemies.”
My god, what a day! Cold and exhausting but incredibly fulfilling. We visited the Brooklyn Museum, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, and The Studio Museum in Harlem. From Brooklyn to Harlem, the museums were so wonderfully curated, exhibited, and diverse.
